If Its Not One Thing Its Another

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I finally have my " Chronic Pain " pain under control with pain

medication, but now I have another break though pain coming from

my right arm from the Elbow to the Finger tips.

For the life of me it is a pain that is steadily getting worse

the pain is unbearable my joints in the hand feel like I am being

cut with a hot knife.I have Pain bolts shoot up my arm from my Wrist

to my Elbow. My hand, fingers and arm go numb from what ever is doing

it. I am having trouble holding and grasping things.

I wake up in the middle of the night with shocks of pain in my arm I

can say that the pain in my arm cuts right though me even the

medications I am on now don't even touch it.

Well I will find out more on January 20 that's when my next doctors

appointment is so I will let you all know whats going on with it. I

can say it does suck because that is my writing hand also the hand I

use with my cane.

I use my right hand I have fallen with my cane because my hand went

numb and slipped out my hand falling.

Like I said if it isn't one things its another.

Rob

Retired Military

New York

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--- Rob wrote:

> For the life of me it is a pain that is steadily getting worse

> the pain is unbearable my joints in the hand feel like I am being

> cut with a hot knife.I have Pain bolts shoot up my arm from my Wrist

> to my Elbow. My hand, fingers and arm go numb from what ever is

>doing it. I am having trouble holding and grasping things.

Good morning Rob,

I had the exact same problem many years ago. I had an EMG done to my

neck and my elbows. My Neurologist found that I had Ulna neuropathies

to both elbows.

Ask your Dr. for a prescription for a Cervical EMG. I still, to this day have

that problem but it is much improved from the original onset. I have to hold my

coffee mug with both hands. The right arm, sometimes jerks or my shoulder drops

suddenly.

I hope you feel better soonest,

/New York

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> NY wrote to Rob,

>Ask your Dr. for a prescription for a Cervical EMG. I still,

to this day have that problem but it is much improved from the original onset.

Well I have had an EMG done to my lower back a few years back

and the end result was that I have Nerve Entrapment In my Left Leg.

But nothing was done about it Plus when I had the test done at the VA Good Lord

did it hurt.

So I am thinking that why is there even a point to it having an EMG done when

the two choices are surgery to remove the nerve or medication

I have had total of four surgeries on my left leg so there's a lot going on

with it. The doctors flat out said you have nerve neuropathies, but surgery

isn't an option.

They took out sections of my nerve ends because of my fourth surgery having my

ALC replaced so like I said why go though that pain of the EMG when in the end

they don't do jack shit to help us.

Rob

Retired Military

New York

P.S // What part of NY are you in, I live in Allegany small town called Fillmore

About 50 miles east of buffalo

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>

>

> For the life of me it is a pain that is steadily getting worse

> the pain is unbearable my joints in the hand feel like I am being

> cut with a hot knife.I have Pain bolts shoot up my arm from my Wrist

> to my Elbow. My hand, fingers and arm go numb from what ever is doing

> it. I am having trouble holding and grasping things.

>

> I wake up in the middle of the night with shocks of pain in my arm I

> can say that the pain in my arm cuts right though me even the

> medications I am on now don't even touch it.

Rob - This sounds like classic carpal tunnel syndrome. There are other things

that can

cause such symptoms, so its worth seeing a specialist to rule them out, but more

than

likely it is CT. The pain at night is pretty diagnostic.

Insist on seeing a hand/arm orthopedic specialist, not just your general

practitioner. Get

an EMG to confirm the source of the nerve pain. In the meantime, it would help

a LOT to

use a wrist brace, especially at night (you can get one from any drugstore), and

use ice on

the underside of your wrist, and take anti-inflammatories (ibuprofen like Advil

or Aleve -

NOT tylenol!) if you can tolerate them. You may discover that your symptoms

improve

significantly just from these steps.

I'm dealing with this right now myself. I've had multiple neuropathies in my

shoulders and

arms over the years, but the pain and disability from the carpal tunnel is

becoming non-

negotiable. I'm seeing my hand surgeon on Jan 7. I don't want another surgery,

but it

may be inevitable right now. The danger is letting it go on too long and ending

up with

permanent disability in the hand.

Let us know what you find out.

Cheryl in AZ

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